The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1887-09-23
Minneapolis = 81. Louis Railway.
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Postmaster Cannon has received
his first inStallment of the new greer
two-cent stamps, but will not sell then
until the stock of brown stamps is dis
posed of. The new stamp exactly re
sembles the old green three-cent stamp
the only difference being the figure ''2'
takes the place of the figure ''3'' on the
old stamps. Several of the new stamps
were sold this morning and the invari'
able exclamation was 'Oh, | want a
two-cent stamp
Farmers are coming in with Iheil
produce as fast as the condition of the
roods will allow them. Yesterday sew
eral wagon loads of fine potatoes were
noticed on our streets and seemed to
find a ready sale at sixty cents a Oushel.
hay is coming in in considerable guam
titles and brings from S. to S. per ton.
Wood is coming in more slowly and
prices are up pretty well. All other
produce brings good prices.
A certain law firm IN this city among
other remarkable discoveries in the sta
tutes of the state, has unearthed. the
startling fact that many of our susce pit
BILE young men are liable to arrest and
punishment under section 245 of our
criminal code, even though the offense,
if otfense it can be called, consists in the
entirely innocent though abrupt Oscu-
lations of an unwilling Kiss-bestOwed
without warning, to be sure, and with
out notice,-but ''unbeknownst" and
with the best of intentions. Our county
attorney, who by no means could be
thought to be guilty of such diversion,
however innocent, We understand is
opposed to such prosecutions on general
principles as tending to break up time
honOred customs for which, with all his
sedateness, he still entertains a lively
respect.
The railroad commissioners will Wis
it Henderson the forenoon of Oct. 18th
and LeSueur in the afternoon; Oct. 9Th
they will visit st. Peter in the forenoon
and New Tim in the afternoon, and Oct
9th they will visit Sleepy Eye, Burchard
and Redwood Falls. 1t will be seen the
board gives Mankato the go by this trip.
There is considerable excitement all
over the State on account of the recent
decision regarding unsealed weights and
measures. We are informed that St.
Paul wholesale dealers are Overwhelm-
ing their county treasurer with requests
to have their weights and measures
sealed, as many of them have thousands
of dollars of bills outstanding liable to
be refused payment.
-Messrs. c. S. c. and J. P. Christen-
sen have decided to move to California
with their families, and take up their
residence there. They will close out
their stock of goods beginning next
here, and Mankato will be sorry to lose
them, but what will be Mankato's loss
will be California; gain. They expect
to take their departure some time this
fall
"A travelling man who visits Manka-
to occasionally and who, by the way, is
known to be among the liveliest of the
fraternity, borrowed a friends horse
and buggy yesterday, and a chicken dog
from another friend and went out IN
search of game. Returning about sun
set, the dog was noticed to have had his
tail broken, his head bandaged up and
his legs badly barked. The buggy thills
were broken, several spokes were miss
. ing from the wheels, the leather top was
simply wreck, while the harness was a
bunch of broken straps and stray pieces
of leather. The horse was also good
deal the worse for wear. 1t is said that
while coming down one of the big hills
leading to the city, the horse ran off an
embankment and took the buggy and
Occupants-a distance Of about 30 feet
to the bottom in heap. The CONNER
cial tourist" thinks the single chicken he
captured rather expensive.